just below the summits

We hiked up the triple-peaked mountain: finally el Tres Picos!

The path up through the mountain ridges was beautiful and surreal. Simply amazing.

Big hug and thank you to all that joined this adventure, including an incredibly cooperative weather.

2,433 meters above the sea

everyone is back!, fulfilled, safe and ready to drop

September

Briefly said: lots of water, hiking and tree counting, wildlife colors, and an end-of-the-rain-season resin harvest. Getting closer to (some sort of) the end.

September 2018 @ California

las últimas de agosto

Cerramos un mes más, uno de visitas -trabajadoras-, lluvias, juegos y mucha vida.

"Gusanillo" o "Cebadilla" (Schoenocaulon officinale)

caldo de pata desde el fogón (!)

avispero sobre un pitillo

hongos

carpintero visitando el traspatio

es hora de jugar - it's time to play

Llegaron las "maestras" a Tres Picos y California. Un día entero de maravillosos juegos y actividades con temas ambientales. Pura diversión y aprendizaje para y con los niños.
😄
¡ Gracias Amayrani & Indira,
y también Ari & Angelita !

We had a great weekend of marvelous environmental games and activities. One whole day each in Tres Picos and California, it was all fun and lots of learning for the kids and everyone involved.

masters' on their way

Thanks to Felipe, Mateo and Marcos, Wageningen UR Master's students, who helped complete the forest inventory in riparian areas. Measuring trees, digging up soil and taking forage samples; ten plots in two days plus one rain shower. Streams, canyons and their associated vegetation play a very important role in rangelands and forests, and now we have a little more data to support this.

cooling off 

a micro-depression in the field

acompañado

Estuve unos días por la montaña con un 'asistente de campo': algo de trabajo mañanero, sumergidas en el río, basquetbol, empanadas calientitas y un par de buenas tormentas.

navegando con GPS

encuentro con una colonia de orquídeas (Epidendrum ciliare)